Morrison's embarrassment over budget timing was more his fault than Turnbull's

Mar 23, 2016 01:45 am UTC| Politics

Malcolm Turnbull admits he did not make a call on Sunday night to tell Scott Morrison he was bringing the budget forward, but that draws attention to the obvious point - the Treasurer had abundant warning. Morrisons...

US Election Series

President Trump's foreign policy dystopia

Mar 22, 2016 16:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think I grasp where it is going, I am eventually...

US Election Series

Ted Cruz, not Donald Trump, is the scariest candidate standing

Mar 22, 2016 16:32 pm UTC| Politics

The 2016 Republican primary is now essentially a two-man race. Donald Trump has tallied an astonishing 678 delegates, while Ted Cruz, the dogmatic, far-right Texas Republican, who apparently gets along with no one in his...

US Election Series: Trump effects likely to reverberate even if he doesn’t win

Mar 22, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Commentary Politics

Trump effects or the legacy of controversies he will leave behind, even if he doesnt win likely to reverberate through US economy and Geo-politics for years. Throughout his campaigns so far, he portrayed himself as a...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

South Africa's governing ANC buys itself time as the unravelling begins

Mar 22, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Politics

Even that family, if people feel it has to be brought to book, structures must do that, the officials must call them and talk to them and give them a marching order not through shouting outside because all of us in the NEC...

Who is right in the Abbott-versus-Turnbull policy wars?

Mar 22, 2016 10:28 am UTC| Politics

Its very easy for me to campaign for the election of the Turnbull government, Tony Abbott declared on Monday, because fundamentally the Turnbull government is seeking election on the record of the Abbott government. It...

US Election Series

Do protectionist policies like Trump's lead to trade wars?

Mar 22, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trumps protectionist prescriptions have led to renewed speculation about whether trade wars are on the horizon. In other words, if, under a Trump presidency, the United States were...